Aligning Internal Audit and Fraud Risk Teams to Strengthen Fraud Governance

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Aligning Internal Audit and Fraud Risk Teams to Strengthen Fraud Governance

Internal audit (IA) and fraud risk teams share a common goal of helping organizations prevent, detect and respond to fraud. However, unclear responsibilities, duplicated efforts and inconsistent expectations can create friction that limits their effectiveness. During her session, Adesola Osuji explored common sources of tension between these teams and discussed how organizations can create stronger fraud governance through clearer roles and collaboration. 

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An Introduction Into Australian Standard 8001:2021

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An Introduction Into Australian Standard 8001:2021

Roger Darvall-Stevens took the virtual stage at this year’s ACFE Fraud Conference Asia-Pacific in late September to discuss Australia’s recent updates to their fraud and corruption control standards. As the national head of fraud & forensic services for RSM Australia, Darvall-Stevens provided an elucidating introduction to Australian Standard 8001:2021, which provides a foundation for fraud and corruption control, prevention, detection and response.

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Keynote Speaker Video: Dan McCrum

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Keynote Speaker Video: Dan McCrum

"Instead of suspending the people involved, they had been promoted. Nothing had happened,” said investigative journalist for the Financial Times Dan McCrum in his Monday afternoon keynote address at the 32nd Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference. "I knew this was a big break. For the first time we could really see inside the company. This is what you have to have to break these sorts of stories."

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German Regulators Investigate the Investigator During Wirecard Debacle

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German Regulators Investigate the Investigator During Wirecard Debacle

Like many fraud examiners, reporters often hate being part of their stories. They’d much rather remain in the background, asking the questions and discovering the facts. Dan McCrum, an investigative reporter for the Financial Times, described that less-than-ideal scenario in his keynote address during the Monday afternoon session of the virtual 32nd Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference. McCrum is the recipient of the ACFE Guardian Award.

“I have pictures here of a couple of criminal suspects,” McCrum said as he showed photos on the screen of himself and Markus Braun, the former CEO of the infamous German company, Wirecard AG. Wirecard collapsed in June of 2020 when Braun announced that 1.9 billion euros of its funds were “missing.”

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10 Things a Fraud Examiner Has Learned About QuickBooks®️

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10 Things a Fraud Examiner Has Learned About QuickBooks®️

Stephen Pedneault CFE, CPA/CFF of Forensic Accounting Services LLC said he has been using Quickbooks before it was even called Quickbooks (it used to be called Quicken for all you youngsters out there). While it is a handy, affordable tool for small business, nonprofits and churches, it is also vulnerable to manipulation. Here are Pedneault’s 10 lessons learned to help guide you through your next investigation involving Quickbooks.

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‘Accidental Whistleblower' Decries Corporate Irresponsibility

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‘Accidental Whistleblower' Decries Corporate Irresponsibility

Howard Wilkinson, the recipient of the 2020 ACFE Cliff Robertson Sentinel Award, admits that he’s a bit of an accidental whistleblower. And if his employer had been more responsible, he wouldn’t have been a whistleblower at all.

“Back in summer 2012, I had to help someone in the Estonian branch of Danske Bank where I was working [as a trader] get some financial information on a client,” Wilkinson said, during the lunch general session. “The client was a British limited liability partnership (LLP), so I went to Companies House, which is the U.K.’s official government agency that collects all the company information and annual financial statements,” he said. “I paid one pound, and I downloaded this company's financial statements.”

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Canada's Auditor General Suggests Revisiting Fundamentals for Fraud Prevention

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Canada's Auditor General Suggests Revisiting Fundamentals for Fraud Prevention

“The work done to detect, prevent, audit and investigate fraud is very important,” said Michael Ferguson, CPA, CA, FCA (New Brunswick), Auditor General of Canada at the sold-out 2018 ACFE Fraud Conference Canada. “There are many opportunities for people of your skillset to prevent criminals from siphoning off money from others.” 

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